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Warmer ocean temperatures should generate more and stronger hurricanes, but we don't know how many more and how much stronger, obviously.  It could be the impact is say a tenth of a hurricane a year, which would not be noticeable.  Slower moving hurricanes will drop more rain over a set area and cause problems of that ilk.

Global climate is enormously complex and my "basic take" is that it is far too complex to model with much certainty.  And I think there is some chance that climate change turns out to be worse than the models project, as well as better.  I also think we're going to run the experiment and find out.  Thus far, the hard evidence for a warming climate is perhaps not as strong as one might think and could be viewed as natural variability.  I don't think that is the case.

But, it is difficult to have much confidence in the models.  And I hope they are wrong.

https://www.npr.org/2013/08/22/213894792/uncertain-science-judith-currys-take-on-climate-change

I read her blog off and on.  I find it interesting, and confusing at times, the gist of it is this is too complicated to model.

Advocates for action say we shouldn't run that experiment on our planet. Curry's response?

"Well, I think the experiment is going to happen whether people say we should run it or not. We're not going to convince China and India and other developing countries not to burn fossil fuels."

"I walk to work, I drive a Prius, I'm a fanatic about turning lights off and keeping air conditioning high and heating low, so I try to personally minimize my own carbon footprint. But in terms of telling other people what to do, I don't have any big answers."

I imagine they looked at hurricane trends once satellites were up and running and calculated how many could have been missing in the past.

I don't know the specific methodology used.

People frantically covering up flowers this evening.   Gonna break a 73 year record low temp tonight and get down to 27.

https://www.npr.org/2013/08/22/213894792/uncertain-science-judith-currys-take-on-climate-change

I read her blog off and on.  I find it interesting, and confusing at times, the gist of it is this is too complicated to model.

Advocates for action say we shouldn't run that experiment on our planet. Curry's response?

"Well, I think the experiment is going to happen whether people say we should run it or not. We're not going to convince China and India and other developing countries not to burn fossil fuels."

"I walk to work, I drive a Prius, I'm a fanatic about turning lights off and keeping air conditioning high and heating low, so I try to personally minimize my own carbon footprint. But in terms of telling other people what to do, I don't have any big answers."

I'm not going to argue whether it's too late or not, because I think that's a moot point now. This article is 7 years old. A lot has changed since then, especially economically and technologically.

I've said it all before, and the pandemic has only exacerbated and accelerated the inevitable demise and eventually oil & gas. Renewables are going to win out in power generation, and the combination of electrification, energy storage technologies, energy efficiency, and hydrogen will displace most of the remaining oil & gas demand.

Even India & China are figuring this out.

Everyone take a deep breath. And please, do not exhale.